Miniature rose plant named ‘KORpot084’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct variety of Miniature Rose Plant, herein referred to by its cultivar name, ‘KORpot084’, is provided which forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive, red and pink striped colored blossoms. The vegetation is vigorous and the growth habit is compact. Attractive ornamental foliage is formed with good disease resistance. The new variety is particularly well suited for providing distinctive ornamentation in the landscape.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Plant Breeders' Right Application Number 2017/2617, which was filed at Community Plant Variety Office in the European Union on Oct. 18, 2017, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.

Botanical/commercial classification:

Latin name—Rosa hybrida.

Common name—Miniature Rose Plant.

Varietal denomination: ‘KORpot084’.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The new variety of Rosa hybrida Miniature Rose Plant of the present invention was created during 2014 at Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany by artificial pollination wherein two parents were crossed which previously had been studied in the hope that they would contribute the desired characteristics. The female parent (i.e., seed parent) of the new variety was an unnamed seedling (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., pollen parent) of the new variety was the ‘KORpot28’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,004).

The parentage can be summarized as follows: unnamed seedling x ‘KORpot28’

The seeds resulting from the above pollination were sown and small plants were obtained which were physically and biologically different from each other. Selective study resulted in the identification of a single plant of the new variety.

It was found that the new Miniature Rose Plant of the present invention possesses the following combination of characteristics:

-   -   (a) abundantly and substantially continuously forms attractive,         red and pink striped colored blossoms,     -   (b) exhibits a compact growth habit,     -   (c) forms vigorous vegetation, and     -   (d) forms attractive ornamental foliage with good disease         resistance.

The new variety well meets the needs of the horticultural industry. It can be grown to advantage as ornamentation in parks, gardens, public areas, and in residential settings. Accordingly, the plant is particularly well suited for growing in the landscape.

The new variety can be readily distinguished from its ancestors. More specifically, the unnamed seedling female parent (i.e., seed parent) exhibits a lower petal count and a taller growth habit compared to new variety and displays red and yellow striped flowers, whereas the new variety displays red and pink striped flowers. Additionally, the ‘KORpot28’ variety (i.e., pollen parent) exhibits a solid dark red colored flower and taller growth habit compared to the red and pink striped colored flower and shorter habit of the new variety. Moreover, new variety can be readily distinguished from other similar non-parental varieties. For example, the ‘KORpot056’ variety displays orange and yellow striped flowers, whereas the new variety displays red and pink striped flowers and has a more compact and less upright growth habit and a shorter shelf life than the ‘KORpot056’ variety.

The new variety has been found to undergo asexual propagation in Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany by a number of routes such as vegetative cuttings. Asexual propagation techniques in Germany have shown that the characteristics of the new variety are homogeneous, stable, and strictly transmissible by such asexual propagation from one generation to another. Accordingly, the new variety undergoes asexual propagation in a true-to-type manner.

The new variety has been named ‘KORpot084’.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photograph shows, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this character, a typical specimen of the new variety. The illustrated rose plant of the new variety was approximately twelve weeks of age and was observed at Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany while growing indoors on its own roots in a 10.5 cm container.

FIG. 1—illustrates a specimen of a plant displaying floral buds and flowers at varying points of opening.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The chart used in the identification of colors is that of The Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S. Colour Chart, 2015 edition). The terminology which precedes reference to the chart has been added to indicate the corresponding color in more common terms. The description is based on the observation of a one-year-old specimen of the new variety, observed during July, while growing in a one-gallon container on its own roots in a greenhouse in Cochranville, Pa.

-   Class: Miniature Rose Plant. -   Plant:     -   -   Habit.—Compact, very bushy and upright.         -   Height.—Approximately 50.0 cm on average.         -   Width.—Approximately 30.0 cm on average. -   Branches:     -   -   Stem color.—Commonly near Green Group 137B.         -   Stem length.—Approximately 50.0 cm on average.         -   Stem diameter.—Approximately 4.0 mm on average.         -   Thorns.—Young thorns: moderate amount; length is             approximately 5.0 mm on average, width is approximately 1.0             mm at point of attachment on average, and color is commonly             near Greyed-Red Group 178B transitioning to Yellow-Green             Group 145C at the tip. Old thorns: moderate amount; length             is approximately 5.0 mm on average, width is approximately             2.0 mm at point of attachment on average, and color is             commonly near Yellow-Green Group 145C. Shape: mostly erect             to slightly concave. -   Foliage:     -   -   General appearance.—Ornamental with good disease resistance.         -   Young foliage.—Upper surface color: commonly a blend of near             Yellow-Green Group 144A and Greyed-Red Group 178A. Under             surface color: commonly a blend of near Yellow-Green Group             144A and Greyed-Red Group 178A.         -   Old foliage.—Upper surface color: commonly near Green Group             139A. Under surface color: commonly near Green Group 139B.         -   Petioles.—Upper surface: texture is smooth, color is             commonly near Green Group 137A. Under surface: texture is             smooth, color is commonly near Green Group 137B. Diameter:             approximately 1.0 mm on average. Length of terminal leaflet:             approximately 5.0 cm on average.         -   Petiolules.—Color: commonly near Green Group 143A. Length:             approximately 1.0 mm on average. Width: approximately 1.0 mm             on average.         -   Rachis.—Color: upper surface is commonly near Green Group             137A, under surface is commonly near Green Group 137B. Size:             length is approximately 5.0 cm on average; and diameter is             commonly near 1.0 mm on average.         -   Stipules.—Length: approximately 1.0 cm on average. Width:             approximately 5.0 mm on average. Margin: entire to erose.             Shape: apex is apiculate and base is flat. Color: upper             surface is commonly near Yellow-Green Group 144A; lower             surface is commonly near Yellow-Green Group 144A.         -   Leaf margin.—Serrate.         -   Leaf arrangement.—Odd pinnate. -   Leaflets:     -   -   Number.—3, 5, and 7.         -   Shape.—Ovate; apex is acute; and base is rounded.         -   Venation.'Pattern is reticulate and color is commonly near             Green Group 143A.         -   Texture.—Upper surface is smooth; under surface is smooth.         -   Size.—Terminal leaflet: length is approximately 5.5 cm on             average and width is approximately 3.0 cm on average. Lower             leaflets: length is approximately 3.3 cm on average and             width is approximately 2.2 cm on average. 5-Leaflet leaf:             length is approximately 12.5 cm on average and width is             approximately 8.3 cm on average. -   Inflorescence:     -   -   Number of flowers.—Approximately 5 blooms on average on a             plant at once.         -   Number of blooms per stem or in a cluster.—Commonly 1 bloom             per stem on average.         -   Peduncle.—Color: commonly Yellow-Green Group 144A. Diameter:             approximately 3.0 mm on average. Length: approximately 5.0             cm on average. Surface texture: sparely covered in short,             flexible thorns that measure less than 2.0 mm in length.         -   Sepals.—Number: commonly 5. Upper surface color and texture:             covered in short pubescence and color is commonly near             Yellow-Green Group 144A. Under surface color and texture:             puberulent and color is commonly near Yellow-Green Group             144B. Size: length is approximately 3.5 cm on average and             width is approximately 5.0 mm on average. Arrangement:             arranged evenly around the top of the receptacle and             reflexed away from the base of the corolla. Shape:             lanceolate; apex is acute to aristate. Margin: entire with             occasional extensions on two or three sepals measuring             approximately 2.0 mm in length and approximately 1.0 mm in             width.         -   Bud.—Shape: ovoid. Size: length is approximately 2.0 cm on             average; width is approximately 1.5 cm on average. Color             (when opening): commonly near Red Group 59A.         -   Flower.—Red and pink striped colored. Form: double, cuplike.             Diameter: approximately 6.5 cm on average. Height:             approximately 4.0 cm on average. Duration: commonly on the             plant 19 to 20 days. Color upon opening upper surface:             commonly near Red Group 53B near Yellow Group 4D at the             point of attachment; most of the petals exhibit a secondary             striping of near Red Group 55A. Color upon opening under             surface: commonly near Red Group 53C with near Yellow Group             4D at the point of attachment; most of the petals exhibit a             secondary striping of near Orange-White Group 159A. Color             after opening: same color description as the color upon             opening, in addition the apices and margins of the petals             commonly transition to near Greyed-Purple Group 186A and             sometimes near Greyed-Purple Group 187A at the very end of             blooming.         -   Fragrance.—None noticeable.         -   Petal.—Number approximately 28 on average. Drop: good. Size:             length is approximately 3.5 cm on average and width is             approximately 3.5 cm on average. Shape: overall shape is             broadly obovate; apex shape is round; and base shape is             cuneate. Margin: entire. Arrangement: rosulate.         -   Petaloids.—Produced: sometimes. Number: approximately 2 per             flower on average. Arrangement: typically arranged opposite             from one another. Color: commonly near Red Group 54B and             near Yellow Group 4D at the point of attachment. Size:             length is approximately 2.0 cm on average and width is             approximately 8.0 mm on average. Margins: variable, entire             to erose. Shape: overall shape is variable, oblong to             spatulate, with some petaloids highly irregular; apex is             variable, mostly round, and base is cuneate.         -   Stamen.—Number approximately 72 on average. Anthers: number             is about 72 and color is commonly near Greyed-Orange Group             163A; length is approximately 1.0 mm on average and width is             approximately 1.0 mm on average. Filaments: length is             approximately 5.0 mm on average and color is commonly near             Greyed-Orange Group 163C with some transitioning to             Greyed-Red Group 179B around the midsection.         -   Pistils.—Arrangement: separate and free. Number:             approximately 55 on average. Style: color is commonly near             Greyed-Yellow Group 160C; and length is approximately 1.0 cm             on average. Stigma: color is commonly near Greyed-Yellow             Group 161A; diameter is commonly less than 1.0 mm on             average; position in relation to the anthers is slightly             superior in position to the anthers.         -   Receptacle.—Achenes stand on the bottom and wall; diameter             is approximately 5.0 mm on average, depth is approximately             5.0 mm on average, shape is round, color is commonly near             Yellow-Green Group 144A, and surface texture is smooth.         -   Pollen.—None observed.         -   Hips/seed.—None observed. -   Development:     -   -   Vegetation.—Vigorous, dark green, and strong.         -   Blooming.—Abundant and substantially continuous.         -   Winter hardiness.—Unknown.         -   Resistance to disease.—Good resistance to Botrytis (Botrytis             cinerea) disease under normal greenhouse growing conditions             in Cochranville, Pa.

Plants of the ‘KORpot084’ variety have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions to date. Accordingly, it is possible that the phenotypic expression may vary somewhat with changes in light intensity and duration, cultural practices, and other environmental conditions. 

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct Miniature Rose Plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) abundantly and substantially continuously forms attractive, red and pink striped colored blossoms, (b) exhibits a compact growth habit, (c) forms vigorous vegetation, and (d) forms attractive ornamental foliage with good disease resistance; substantially as herein shown and described. 